Separable button



(NoMoaeL) A l 'y E. PRINGLE.

SBPARABLB BUTTON.

N0. 447,349. Patentd Mar. `3*, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE PRINGLE, OF` GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MADISON D. SHIPMAN AND CHARLES E. BRADT, BOTH OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,349, dated March 3, 1891.

i Application iilecl September 8, 1888. Serial No. 284.947. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE PRINGLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of NeW York, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Separable Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in separable buttons; and it consists in the deio vices and parts and combinations of devices and parts hereinafter particularly described and specifically set forth in the claims.

The objects of my invention are, first, to produce in a button-head of a separable but- I 5 ton a ring form of stud-catch loosely confined Within a chamber, in combination with a fastening-eyelet, whereby the stud-catch will'be secured to the fabric and also to the outer shell of the button-head; second, to zo provide means whereby the ring-form studcatch will be held securely in place in a button-head and be lfree to be expanded by the action of the head of a coacting stud, and, lastly, to provide specific combinations of devices whereby the improvements inthis invention can be embodied in button-heads of separable buttons. I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, 3o in Which- Y Figure l is a sectional elevation of the button-head containing improvements, With a coacting stud illustrated by ydotted lines. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same 3 5 with some of the parts modified in form. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation showing other parts made with a modilied form of construction and arrangement. Fig. 4 is a' plan view of the elastic stud-catch and its guarding-piece.

4o Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the same.'

Fig. 6 is a plan viertr of the eyelet-holding piece shown to be employed in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. S is a plan view of the piece for holding the stud-catch and its guarding-piece in place from lifting. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the lowerside supporting-piece of the stud-catch and its guarding-piece. Fig. ll is a sectional View ot' the same. Fig. l2 is asectional vieW of the stud-catch, its guarding-piece, upper and lower holding-piece, and eyelet-holding piece secured together as employed in button-head illustrated in Fig. l. Fig. 13 is a sectional View of the same parts, with the upper-side holding-piece having its portion for turning the eyelet modified. Fig; 14E is aplan View of the stud-catch and its guarding-piece, similar to Fig. 4, and used in the button-head in Fig. 2. Fig. l5 is a sectional View of the 6o same. Fig. 16 is a plan v ieW of a modified form of upper holding-piece. Fig. 17 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. V18 is a plan View of the eyeletholding piece. Fig. 19, a sectional View ot the same. Fig. 2O is a 65 plan View of the lower-side supporting-piece. Fig. 21 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 22 isa sectional elevation of 'the studcatch, its guarding-piece, lower-side supporting-piece, and the fastening-eyelet, which can 7o be used in a button-head constructed as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 23 is a plan View ol' the studcatch and itsl guarding-piece. Fig. 24 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 25 is a plan view of the holding-eyelet. Fig. 26 is a 75 sectional view of the same. Fig. 27 is a plan View of the lower-side supporting-piece. Fig. 28 isa sectional elevation of the same. Fig.

29 is a plan view of a modified form of elastic stud-catch and its guarding-piece. 8o

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A vrepresents an elastic studcatchwhich is made of a strip of metal bent in the form o f a ring andhaving a sim- 8 5 ple aperture slightly smaller in its diameter than the diameter of the head of the stud operating with it and having its continuity broken at one side, as at a. This elastic studcatch can be made by bending a piece of 9o spring metal of suitable length in the form of a circle or ellipse, With one end of the piece about touching or nearly touching the other end, as illustrated in Figs. 14, 23, and 29; or it can be produced from a ring-form piece of metal cut from a tube and slitted, as at ct, as shown in those figures.

B is the stud-catch-guarding piece, made, preferably, in the form'of a disk and having through it the opening b, of form correspondroo ing with that ot' the stud-catch A and of diameter a little greater than the outside diameter of said catch A, as illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, 14, 23, and 29. This guarding-disk B is preferably made a little thicker in the vertical direction than the piece forming the studeatch A in its vertical direction, as shown in Figs. 5, 15, and 24, so that the plane of the upperside surface of the guarding-disk will be slightly above the plane of upper surface of the stud-catch and guard the saine from pressing contactwith the upper-side holding-piece.

C is the lower-side sumnort-ing-piece, which supports the stud-catch A and its lower guarding-disk B, and is preferably made with a elinehing-flan ge c, by which it will be secured with other pieces holding with the stud-catch and its guarding-disk. This piece C has made with it the aperture e of diameter a little greater than that of the opening a of the stud-catch A.

D is the upper-side holding-piece, having a central opening d of diameter smaller than that of the outer diameter of the stud-catch A, so that the, metal of the latter all around will extend laterally and outwardly past the diameter of the opening (Z of this upper holding-piece D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 12, and thereby hold the stud-catch A from rising, While 'at the same time the body of this piece D holds the guarding-disk 13 in place. In Figs. 1, 9, and 12 this upper-side holding-piece D is shown to have made with it a slightlytapering vertical flange d for spreading the fastening-eyelet; but, if preferred, this ange d can have substituted for it a dome-shaped piece, as 12in Figs. 2, 3, and 17, which will also operate to spread the tubular end ofthe fastening-eyelet. In Figs. 3, 22, and 26 this upper-side holding-piece D forms the flange of a fastening-e 7elet F and is shown to be made integral with the tubular portion of an eyelet for operation with an eyelet-holding piece E, fastened to the outer shell of the button-head. This piece D, Whether made integral with device rl or (Z2 or with the [iange D of the eyelet F, Fig. 3, operates substantially the saine for holding the stud-catch and its guarding-disk from rising or being displaced.

E, Figs. 1, 2, 7, and 19,is an eyelet-holding piece, which can be employed with the upperside holding-piece D when it is secured in place, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 12, for joining the shell of the button-head with the studcatch, its guardingdisk, and supportingpiece.

F is a fastcning-eyelet, shown in Figs. l and 2 to have its flange end secured with the outer shell G of the button-head. In Fig. 3 the fastening-eyelet is shown to be inverted, with its liange operating, as before stated, as an upper-side holdingpiece to the guardingdisk B and its inelosed stud-catch, and also with the eyelet-holding piece E to hold the spring stud-catch and its adju ncts secured to the shell G. A stud of any suitable form of construction can be used with this improved stud-catch.

The essential elements in this improved button-head are the stud-catch A, constructed substantially as above described, and its guarding-disk B, having an orifice slightly larger than that ot` the opening in the catch and about corresponding in form with the same, so as to allow it to be readily expanded, and a lower-side supporting piece and upperside holding-piece, which will coaet to hold the stud-catch and its guarding-diskin place from shifting, and those essential parts or elements can have employed with them for securing the same to the material and the upper-side portion of the button-head any suitable form of eyelet and eyelet-holding pieces or other devices.

Having described my invention, what I claim isf- 1. In a button-head of a separable button, the combination of a ring-form stud-catch having a stud-receiving opening a and slit or opening a from its outer circumference to said stud-receiving opening, with a catchguarding disk having a catch-receiving aperture, within which the said catch can be expanded, the guarding-piece and catch heilig held from shifting in the button-head, substantially as and t'or the purposes set forth.

2. In a button-head of a separable button, the combination, with a ring-form stud-catch Which has its continuity broken at one side thereof, and a catch-guarding piece having a central aperture loosely holding said catch with permission for its expansion, of a supporting-piece below and a holding-piece above, and which are held secured to the fabric by a fastening-eyelet, substantially as and, for the purposes set forth.

In a button-head of a separable button, the combination, with the stud-catch above described, a catch-guarding piece holding said catch with permission for its expansion, a lower-side supporting-piece, and an upperside holding-piece binding on the said catoliguarding piece, of an eyelet-spreading piece, an eyelet-holding piece, and a fastening-eyelet, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a button-head ot a separable button, the combination of the spring-catch A, the catch-guarding pieceB, holding and permitting the said spring-catch to be expanded, the lower-side supporting-piece and upperside holding-piece binding on said guardingpiece B, with the eyelet-holding piece, the fastening-eyelet, andoutershell, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EUGENE PRINGLE.

Iitnessesz WILLlAM y F. SELKIRK, CHARLES SELKIRK.

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